. >> paul ryan also said he didn't believe president obama had a mandate to increase taxation which i thought was a bit ridiculous given president obama was re-elected, he's got the perfect mandate. the american people have spoken and said we're re-electing you, he can raise taxation if he wants to, can't he? >> there's probably a fair argument as what really drove the president's victory, was it in fact because he said that we should tax billionaires and millionaires, if that's the reason he won i guess you would call it a mandate. it was certainly a closer election this year than it was in 2008 but you know, close doesn't matter. the president won and their team gets to govern in the senate and the presidency and so i think what's important now is republicans and democrats in washington do what they haven't been able to do for four years and that is to find a way to get our country back to work and out of debt. this is an immoral and unsustainable problem that we've got. we're $16 trillion in debt. there's some fault for the president. the republicans now have to find a way to find